Even when I reached the top, I never forgot where I came from. I wondered about the millions of my fellow countrymen who didn't have the chance I got and continued to languish in poverty.
— Manny PacquiaoWorld Champion Boxer & Philippine Senator
“This timely book outlines and directly addresses the ethical dilemmas posed by the development of autonomous military robots, which will confront roboticists and military policy makers in the future. Arkin's thesis, that appropriately designed military robots will be better able to avoid civilian casualties than existing human war-fighters and might therefore make future wars more ethical, is likely to be the subject of intense debate and controversy for years to come.”— Ronald Arkin
Roboticist & Pioneer of Ethical Autonomous Systems and Robot Ethics
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My hands have been known mostly for the leather gloves that I've used as an instrument to punish opposing fighters. Outside the ring, though, I want my legacy to be the man with bare hands that offered kindness and hope to those in need.
— Manny PacquiaoWorld Champion Boxer & Philippine Senator
When I first laced up a pair of gloves as a 16-year old kid, it was January 2, 1995, and fame and fortune were not my primary motivation. I was fighting for the next decent meal and to provide for my family, the best way I knew how.
— Manny PacquiaoWorld Champion Boxer & Philippine Senator
We don't change the world through opinions, we change it with examples. So I've been putting myself out there, reaching out and connecting.
— AJ MendezProfessional wrestler and WWE performer, known as AJ Lee
Only relatively recently in our own culture, five hundred years or so ago, did a distinction arise that cut society in two, forming separate classes of music performers and music listeners.
— Hans ZimmerAcclaimed film composer known for scores like The Lion King and Inception
Throughout most of the world and for most of human history, music making was as natural an activity as breathing and walking, and everyone participated.
— Hans ZimmerAcclaimed film composer known for scores like The Lion King and Inception
We're up against corporate, almost criminal behaviour. We are up against corporations who are manipulating young, vulnerable people.
— Jameela JamilActress & Mental Health Advocate; Host of "The Good Place
I've described celebrities as being 'double agents of the patriarchy,' and whilst things are getting better- and language is changing, we are still not always calling out those who fat shame or age shame women.
— Jameela JamilActress & Mental Health Advocate; Host of "The Good Place
The most important thing to realise is this; we control the market, the market does not control us.
— Jameela JamilActress & Mental Health Advocate; Host of "The Good Place
It's taken for me to get into my 30s to realise I am more than the media told me I was- I have more to say, so do my friends. We are intelligent, we are strong, we are multi-faceted, we are vulgar and we are funny. It is because we haven't been given the opportunity to exercise these facets of ourselves in the media that we've started to doubt our ability.
— Jameela JamilActress & Mental Health Advocate; Host of "The Good Place
Photography has become the universal language. It doesn't matter what country you're from, what language you speak, we all understand images. That's what makes it so powerful and so dangerous.
— RankinScottish photographer and filmmaker known for provocative social documentary work
I think the democratisation of the image is probably one of the most important things that's happening right now. Everyone's a photographer now, everyone's got a camera, everyone's taking pictures. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it does mean we have to be more critical about what we're looking at.
— RankinScottish photographer and filmmaker known for provocative social documentary work
Life is just receiving a rope from your parents. A rope of a certain quality, with a certain diameter and of a certain material. Your only duty is to take the rope and try to make a better one. Your only duty is to make the best rope you can for your children, for the next generation.
— Philippe StarckRenowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design
We are the only species who have taken control of their evolution. We are animals who – one day – had an idea to become better. Billions of us have worked to make ourselves better – that's why we created the concept of God, an entity that is everywhere, that is powerful, that is the master of everything, that gives us a unique model for our society. Now we know God doesn't exist, and so we know we are better than that notion of God.
— Philippe StarckRenowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design
The first thing to do for our ecology is not to use less electricity, it's to cease buying things that are not useful.
— Philippe StarckRenowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design
Arguably, the biggest challenge we face right now as humans and as a society is climate change and the issues associated with our negative impact on the environment. So, this has become a key element of my business endeavours along with all surrounding technologies that help tackle this issue.
— Nico RosbergFormer Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes